Sycamore Class set off for a Forest School adventure in the woods, making their way through lots of squelchy muddy puddles. As we arrived at our normal crossing point we were greeted by a flooded ditch meaning that we needed to walk the long way round through the woods. Some of the children pointed out all the beautiful autumn colours of the leaves that covered the woodland floor.
A group of children chose to create a den. First they put up a tarpaulin on the inside to stop the holly from prickling them, they then worked to clear the floor of leaves and built a secret hidden storage area.
Using the tins that they had brought in from home, some of the children made a mini bug hotel. They first used a set of pliers to crimp down the sharp edge of the tin, making it safe. They then packed it with layers of sticks, leaves and moss to make sure there were no gaps, so that it didn’t fall out. They used pens to add some drawing of the bugs to the sides of the tin that they thought may live in their bug hotel.
Some of the class chose to whittle a stick using a knife. They started with a safety talk on knife use before setting off to find the perfect stick for whittling. Once they had their stick they were able to get started, some chose to remove only the bark from their stick whereas others chose to add a point to the end of their stick.
